The Faith Communities of

Remsen - Marcus - Oyens

Fr. Timothy Pick, Administrator

For the Weekend of August 7 & 8, 2021

Fr. Timothy Pick, Administrator 712-786-1437

Parish Offices:

Remsen 121 E 4th Street, PO Box 509 Phone 712-786-1437 Office Hours: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM, Monday - Thursday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Friday Email: smparish@midlands.net

Marcus 102 N Elm St, PO Box 366 Phone 712-376-2628 Office Hours: Tues/Thurs following Mass until 2:00 PM

Grouping Website and Online Giving:

www.mostholynameofmary.org Grouping Notification Sign up Link: marykate.flocknote.com

Bulletin Email: rectorybulletin@rsmschools.org

Permanent Deacons: Jerry Bertrand, Marcus Holy Name 712-540-1333 Rick Roder, Remsen St. Mary’s 712-540-3100 Doug Heeren, Remsen St. Mary’s 712-540-0380

MHN & RSM Cemetery Sexton: Dave Theisen 712-229-2024

Business Manager: (RSM) Jo Tentinger tentingerj@rsmschools.org Kathy Steffen (assist) steffenk@rsmschools.org Sheila Cronin (assist) cronins@rsmschools.org

Bookkeeper/Secretary: (MHN) Ginell Wetter Phone: 712-229-2250 Email: bkmarcus@scdiocese.org Scrip: (Remsen) 712-786-1437

Director of Religious Education: Rick Roder Phone: 712-540-3100 Email: roderr@rsmschools.org

Director of School Advancement: Sarah Garvin Phone: 712-786-1324 or Cell: 712-541-3854 Email: garvins@rsmschools.org

St. Mary’s PS-12 Principal: Kim Phillips Phone: 712-786-1433

St. Mary’s Elementary: 712-786-1160 St. Mary’s Middle/High School: 712-786-1433

St. Mary’s School Website: www.rsmschools.org

Prayer Chain: Remsen: LeAnn Wiederholt 712-229-5191

Marcus: Call Both Fran Briggs 712-229-0727 Jacque Bird 712-376-4677

Baptism: Call parish office for arrangements - pre-baptism class required.

Marriage: Engaged couples are to begin preparations at least 10 months prior to their wedding. Reservations of wed-dings subject to use fee of $250 at St. Mary’s. Payment due upon scheduling the wedding date.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Communal penance services during Lent and Advent seasons. Individual Reconcilia-tion, one half hour prior to weekend Masses or by appointment.

Anointing of the Sick: Please contact the Parish Office.

A Stewardship Prayer

My parish is composed of people like me. I

help make it what it is. It will be friendly, if I

am. It will be holy, if I am. Its pews will be

filled, if I help fill them. It will do great work, if

I work. It will be prayerful, if I pray. It will

make generous gifts to many causes, if I am

a generous giver. It will bring others into

worship, if I invite and bring them in. It will be

a place of loyalty and love, of fearlessness

and faith, of compassion, charity and mercy,

if I, who make it what it is, am filled with

these same things. Therefore, with the help

of God, I now dedicate myself to the task of

being all the things that I want my parish to

be. Amen.

Please pray for the following people: Hannah Harpenau, Eli Biezuns, Jameson Heidesch, Lin-da Harris, Rosemary Wibe, Mike Thiel, Bev Stoos, Nathan Galles, Barb Brady, Quinn Good-burn, Sue Petersen, Bill Theisen, Gloria Treinen, Eleanor Dreckman, Mary Vaske, Callie Beeck,

Eleanor Lafleur Garlitz, Katie Jungers, Marge Sanow, Marge Schiltz & all those who serve our country.

Please call 786-1437 to add a loved one’s name to the list.

19th Week of Ordinary Mass Times and Intentions 8/10 Tues 8:00 AM - Holy Name

Matt Schmillen, L&D Merle & Edith Sand Family

8/11 Wed 8:00 AM - St. Mary’s

Viola “Ole” Gengler, L&D Sandy Augustine Family

-Adoration Following Mass till 4 PM

8/12 Thurs 8:00 AM - Holy Name

L&D Grage Family, Ron & Meredith Reuter Family

-Adoration Following Mass till 12 PM

8/13 Fri 8:00 AM - St. Mary’s

L&D Dominic & Valeria Schroeder Family, L&D Clarence & Jeanette Ricke Family

8/14 Sat 4:00 PM - Holy Name (Please note time and date change)

L&D Robert & Mary Jane Snyder Family, Michael Letsche

6:00 PM - St. Mary’s (Please note time change)

L&D Paul Jaminet Family, Parish Families

8/15 Sun 8:00 AM - St. Mary’s

L&D Dick & Dee Dee Moritz, Eric Plueger

10:00 AM - Holy Name

NO MASS

RSM MHN

Adult Support $ 5,511.00 Adult Support $ 2,193.00

Loose $ 844.00 Loose $ 69.00 Donations $ 0.00 Donations $ 1,363.99 Peter’s Pence $ 350.00 Peter’s Pence $ 45.00

Liturgical Ministry

Prayers Please

Stewardship

Saturday, Aug 14, 4:00 PM, Marcus, Holy Name Lector: Heidi Lauters EMHC: Fran Briggs, Heidi Lauters Altar Servers: Brett & Clint Staab Gift Bearers: Loren & Lynn Mohning Ushers: Bob Hoefling, Loren Mohning, Mike Staab

Saturday, Aug 14, 6:00 PM, Remsen, St. Mary’s Lector: Larry Arens EMHC: Rick Delperdang, Dick Homan, Dorie Kolker Altar Servers: Carly & Cael Ortmann Gift Bearers: Marvin Pottebaum, Larry Galles

Sunday, Aug 15, 8:00 AM, Remsen, St. Mary’s Lector: Deb Pick EMHC: Arlie Pick, Jim & Susanne Wesselmann Altar Servers: Isaiah Gerrietts, Kadden Groepper Gift Bearers: Bob & Connie Plathe

Faith is not believing that God can, it’s knowing that He will.

The Marcus Holy Name Knights of Columbus is having its 4th annual pancake breakfast on Sunday, August 15. The breakfast will take place at the Community Center and will run from 8 AM - 12 PM. The beneficiary this year will be in support of the Heartland Care Center acquiring landscaping items for the new North addition. Please plan to attend as the pancakes will be fantastic - as always!

To add to the Marcus Sesquicentennial festivities, St. Anne’s Guild is doing the following: On Saturday, August 14, Phyllis Rapa-gnani will be doing a presentation on the history of Holy Name in the church proper between 9 -10:30 AM. The Community is invited to attend. The Social Committee will be serving free coffee and donuts during this time also. We invite the community to come and enjoy some time with your friends and family who are in town and enjoy a great cup of coffee.

O’Reilly Scholarship is now open for any Holy Name high school or college student attending a Catholic high school or college for the 2021/2022 school year. Please contact Ginell at the Holy Name rectory at 376-2628 or by email to: bkmarcus@scdiocese.org by Sunday, August 8.

Mass Server training will be held at Holy Name on Thursday, August 19, at 5 PM. This is for anyone starting 5th grade and older for the 2021/2022 school year.

Watch for more information coming soon regarding Family of Faith registration.

MHN CDA members please meet at the Church on Monday, August 9 at 4:30 PM to carpool to Mary Hill for 5 PM Mass. Bring a sack lunch to eat in the shelter house there, beverages will be provided.

News from RSM Director of School and Parish Advancement Office….

We received a grant in the amount of $1,260

from United Way for our Emergency Response

Defibrillator for St. Mary’s Church. More details

to come on the location of the machine and

training from our local EMT’s.

Saturday, August 7: Brown Bag BBQ Social Under the Big Tent After 4 PM Mass Sunday, August 8: RSM 36th Annual Church Auction Monday, August 9: RSM KC Meeting VFW Hall 7 PM; MHN Catholic Daughters Meeting Wednesday, August 11: RSM Adoration Following Mass till 4 PM Thursday, August 12: MHN Adoration Following Mass till 12 PM Saturday, August 14: Hector’s Closet Open 8-10:30 AM; MHN History of Holy Name Presentation 9 AM; MHN Mass at 4 PM; RSM Mass at 6 PM Sunday, August 15: MHN Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast Wednesday, August 18: RSM Adoration Following Mass till 4 PM; MHN KC Meeting Thursday, August 19: MHN Adoration Following Mass till 12 PM; MHN Server Training 5 PM; RSM Schools Open House 6 - 7 PM Monday, August 23: RSM 1st day of School!! Wednesday, August 25: RSM Adoration Following Mass till 4 PM; RSM 2 Hour Early Out

Upcoming Events

From the Desk of Fr. Pick

Parish Life certainly has its ebb and flow of activities, and this weekend and the coming week/weekend for the Marcus and Remsen communities is a perfect example! This weekend St. Mary Parish will stage their 36th Annual Auction. It looks to be an exciting Saturday night of communi-

ty after Mass and the Sunday auction we pray will be the best yet!!

Holy Name Parish will be welcoming family and friends back as the town of Marcus celebrates their 150th anniversary with a weekend Mass Saturday night followed by an all-school reunion meal. All this happen-ing while Marcus celebrates its annual fair too! How blessed we are to be a part of communities that are alive and vibrant! Congratulations to all!

********************************* This week we continue to hear from the Gospel of John as he recounts the teaching of Jesus to his fol-lowers on what is the “Bread of Life.” What complicates his teaching is that he is speaking to the “hometown folks” and his message is not being received in the most welcoming way. Who does this Je-sus think he is? He’s just Joseph and Mary’s son! And who does he think he is telling us he is the “Bread of Life”? The crowd let their prejudices get the better of them: assuming they knew everything about Je-sus, so they had a good excuse not to take his words seriously. Again, another lesson for us to reflect on in our own lives. How often are we like ‘the crowd”? This coming week let’s pray for the ability to realize where our prejudices lie. Let us pray to have open hearts and minds to be transformed and that happens each time we receive the Eucharist, the Bread of Life! Blessings on your week!

Saturday, 4 PM: Steve Bohnenkamp, Luke Homan, Norman Plendl, Todd, Tate & Cade Tentinger

Sunday, 8 AM: Chuck & Terri Conover, Todd Gerrietts, Jerry Harpenau, Denny & Linda Slota

RSM Ushers for August

PRAYERS OF THANKS goes out to the late Bernard (Shorty) Thiel for remembering St. Mary’s Parish and St. Mary’s Cemetery as a life insurance beneficiary. God bless his soul.

Seven Sisters Apostolate: This is a prayer time devoted to our Priest, Father Tim Pick. We pray for one hour one day of the week. Any hour of your choosing. We are looking for women who would like to be a part of this either full time or as a sub. Please contact Judy Kummerfeldt for more information about this minis-try at 507-822-7206 or call HN rectory office at 712-376-2628.

This weekend, may we be generous to the SPECIAL COLLEC-TION for the Retirement Fund for Religious. Monies collected support the needs of 30,000 elderly Religious Sisters, Brothers and Priests throughout the US. They have given a lifetime to serving the Church in parishes, hospitals, schools, and other min-istries (see retiredreligious.org for more information). Thank you for your generosity!

2021 St. Mary’s Parish Auction News

This year’s auction will be LIVE UNDER THE TENT on Sunday, August 8!

We also have an ONLINE auction with gift certificates and some of the merchandise. Go to: https://www.32auctions.com/remsenstmarysparish2021 to sign up and bid. Bidding will END at 12 PM Sunday, August 8. We highly suggest you get your max bids in prior to coming to the LIVE AUCTION in case there are internet issues. If you need help with this, please contract Angie Galles at 712-540-5595 or Sarah Garvin at 712-541-3854.

Saturday - August 7, Auction Kick Off

4:45-5:30 PM - Beer City Breakfast Pizza Pick Up and Raffle Ticket Sales 5 PM - Brown Bag BBQ Under the Big Tent & Meet and Greet Fr. Pick

Sunday - August 8, AUCTION DAY

9 AM - Breakfast Social and Browse Auction Items 10 AM - Live Auction Begins With Our Friends From Klein Real Estate & Auction/Iowa Auction Group 12 PM - Online Auction Closes

Waldschmitt

Construction

LLC

For all your Building

Needs

786-5548 or 540-0548

Marcus 376-2434

Corn Soybeans

matt GALLES

SEEDS

Cell 540-6127

712-540-2494

NORTHWEST IOWA

MUTUAL INSURANCE

ASSN.

Martha Sokolowski

Chris Nielsen

Remsen 786-1436

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Chuck Weiland

Remsen — Kingsley

786-2942 — 378-2355

Russ Schroeder

Appliance Repair

Professional Installations

Plumbing, Heating and

Cooling

712-786-2164

Dave Keffeler, CCA

Cell: 402-290-5710

Russel

Schroeder

Trucking, LLC

Livestock Only

712-540-1497

FRERICKS

REPAIR

Mitch Frericks

Remsen

786-1467

HOMAN ag

SALES

Luke - 712-540-2775

Josh - 712-539-2510

Pioneer brand

Products

Ben Klein

786-2218

MRS. B’S

Convenience

Liquor Store

Mike & Deanna

Bohnenkamp

Kent - Hubbard -

Big Gain Feed

Complete Farm Supplies

Remsen 786-2234

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Ron’s Electric

Connie’s

Painting

712-786-2952

Marcus –Remsen

712-376-2112

712-786-2083

DAN JAMINET

TRUCKING

Local & Long Distance

Hauling

Remsen 786-1527

full service feed,

agronomy,

grain buying & selling

786-1134

Wurth

Chiropractic

Dave Wurth

NIELSEN - GALLES

INSURANCE

AGENCY

Scott Nielsen

Chris Nielsen

Crystal Colling

786-1435

MOELLER

CARPET & FLOOR

COVERING

Brian Matgen, Owner

Remsen

786-3374

Feeck Crop

Insurance

Krier Insurance Ryan Feeck

Steve Krier

Remsen 786-1580

MATGEN INSURANCE

AGENCY

Auto-Home-Farm

Crop Insurance

Remsen

786-2095

Mike’s Custom

Fabrication

Mike Delperdang

Certified Welder

546-8755

JEFF’S

FOODS Marcus Iowa

376-4319

J.W. TANK

LINE

Remsen

786-2339

229-9446

Schorg Ag

Supply

your partner in ag

Jeff Schorg

Remsen 786-2478

Klein

Transportation

Co.

Remsen

712-540-0825

FISCH FUNERAL

HOME &

Monument LLC

Remsen—786-2333

David Fisch-Owner

Elizabeth Fisch-Dir.

Randy “Pete” Galles

Nick Galles

786-2269

712-540-4867

FIRST AMERICAN

PICKERS

WE BUY & SELL

ANTIQUES-GOLD-SILVER

DALE & GRACIE GORDER

REMSEN

505-319-0109

REMSEN

CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC

325 E HAWKEYE DR

REMSEN

DR. TIM RUSSELL

786-2989

Perfect

Petal

Flowers-Greenhouse

Memorial gifts

Remsen 786-1525

Farmers State

Bank

Marcus

376-4154

Mauer Johnson

Earnest Funeral

Homes

LeMars Marcus

Kingsley

376-2727

Hesse auto repair

Dave Rupp, Owner

Marcus, Iowa

712-376-2515

800-442-2515

An Active Senior Community

Remsen, Iowa

(712) 786-1660

Busch

Construction llc

Andy & Paul Busch

Marcus, Iowa

712-229-9001

Klein on 9

Dine in or

Carry out

786-2255

Remsen 786-1117

Fax 786-1119

KLEIN REALTY &

AUCTION

Office: 786-2870

Cell: 540-1206

Remsen

Plumbing, Heating &

Air Conditioning

Chris Frederes

712-540-0768

Beer City

Chicken, Pizza &

wings

Remsen 786-1458

100 Eagle Ave. Marcus IA

712-376-4886

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Cooperative

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Lumber

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Schmillen

Construction, Inc.

Excavating

Hauling

Tiling 376-2249

17 West 2nd Street

Remsen, Iowa 51050

(712) 786-1143